Wat Ratchakhrue
Wat Ratchakhrue Worawihan is the third classed royal Buddhist temple of Worawihan type in Bangkok's Thonburi side. Built before Thonburi kingdom is an ancient monastery which had a former name as Wat Bang Yi Ruea after its location, but the local people usually called the temple Wat Mon from the reason that it was built by a Mon ethnic man and there were many Mon monks lived in the temple.Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand
- Also known as: “Wat Bang Yi Ruea Nuea”, “Wat Mon”, “Wat Ra Chakha Worawihan”, “Wat Ratchakhrue Worawihan”, “วัดบางยี่เรือเหนือ”, and “วัดมอญ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Talat Phlu railway station and Wat Chantharam Worawihan.
Talat Phlu railway station
Railway station
Photo: Phoebus 28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Talat Phlu railway station is a railway station located in Talat Phlu subdistrict, Thon Buri district, Bangkok. It is a class 2 railway station and serves Talat Phlu community. Talat Phlu railway station is situated 220 metres southwest of Wat Ratchakhrue.
Wat Chantharam Worawihan
Buddhist temple
Wat Chantharam Worawihan is a historic third-level royal monastery in the Worawihan type in Bangkok. Wat Chantharam Worawihan is situated 210 metres east of Wat Ratchakhrue.
Wat Intharam
Buddhist temple
Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Intharam Worawihan, also commonly known in short as Wat Intharam is a third-class royal temple in the area of Bang Yi Ruea, Thon Buri District, Bangkok. Wat Intharam is situated 380 metres east of Wat Ratchakhrue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thonburi and Wat Kanlaya.
Thonburi
Photo: mikebehnken, CC BY 2.0.
Thonburi is a vast district that consists of the entire west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. After the sack of Ayutthaya in 1767, General Phraya Taksin made Thonburi the new capital of Siam for a brief period of time.
Wat Kanlaya
Quarter
Wat Kanlaya is a khwaeng of Thon Buri District, Bangkok's Thonburi side, regarded as the northeast area of the district adjacent to the Chao Phraya River's west side.
Kudi Chin
Neighborhood
Kudi Chin or Kadi Chin, also spelled "Kudee Jeen", etc. is a historic neighbourhood in Bangkok. It is in Wat Kanlaya Sub-district, Thon Buri District, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, south of Bangkok Yai Canal.
Wat Ratchakhrue
- Categories: wat, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bang Yi Ruea, Thon Buri, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.72221° or 13° 43′ 20″ northLongitude
100.47951° or 100° 28′ 46″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
7P52PFCH+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 376675942OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From German to Thai—“Wat Ratchakhrue” goes by many names.
- German: “Wat Ratchakhrue”
- Mon: “ဝါတ်ရာဇာဂြိုဟ်”
- Thai: “วัดราชคฤห์”
- Thai: “วัดราชคฤห์วรวิหาร”
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